Public Notices & Hearings

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Wheaton City Hall, 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, Illinois, to consider the following zoning application: Zoning Application #18-04. An application requesting an amendment to the text of the Wheaton Zoning Ordinance, Off-Street Parking and Loading, Article 22.4.9 - Lighting. The proposed text amendment considers deleting Article 22.4.9 in its entirety and replacing it with the following language: “Lighting. Parking lot lighting shall be required for all parking lots containing more than twenty (20) spaces. All lighting, except necessary for security purposes, shall be extinguished one-half (½) hour after the close of business. Lighting for off-street parking facilities shall be of a shoe-box style luminare with a flat lens installed parallel to the ground to prevent glare at eye level on surrounding public and/ or private property. The footcandle illumination of lighting shall not exceed 0.5 footcandles at the property line. The maximum luminare for high pressure sodium and/ or metal halide fixtures shall be 400 watts and the maximum pole height shall be 30 feet. LED fixtures shall be installed parallel to the ground and shall comply with the maximum footcandle, maximum luminare (through a lumen to watt conversion), and maximum pole height of the general requirements for parking lot lighting. LED fixtures shall have shields to minimize glare on surrounding public and/ or private property. When LED fixtures are installed adjacent to property lines, a Type II or Type III LED Lighting Distribution Style shall be required.” At the public hearing, anyone wishing to make a public statement will be encouraged to do so. Written comments may be submitted to the Board prior to or at the public hearing. A copy of the application is available for review in the office of the Director of Planning and Economic Development, 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, Illinois during normal business hours. Scott Weller, Chair Wheaton Planning and Zoning Board Wheaton City Hall – 303 W. Wesley Street – Wheaton, IL 60187-0727 630-260-2000 – Fax 630-260-2017 – TDD 630-260-8090 Mayor - Michael J. Gresk – City Manager - Michael Dzugan City Council - Suzanne Fitch – John Prendiville – John Rutledge – Michael Barbier – Todd Scalzo – Phil Suess